🇧🇩Animals recorded in Bangladesh

Which animals have been recorded in Bangladesh? 36,946 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include oriental fruit fly, melon fly, Bactrocera tau.

• 36,946 records
• 1,200+ species
• 34 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include oriental fruit fly, melon fly, Bactrocera tau. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Bangladesh

	Animal	Group	Records
	oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis	Insecta Tephritidae	1,354
	melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae	Insecta Tephritidae	1,286
	Bactrocera tau	Insecta Tephritidae	1,076
	Bactrocera rubigina	Insecta Tephritidae	1,048
	common hairfin anchovy Setipinna tenuifilis	— Engraulidae	497
	Chacunda gizzard shad Anodontostoma chacunda	— Clupeidae	338
	Thai anchovy Stolephorus dubiosus	— Engraulidae	336
	Dacus longicornis	Insecta Tephritidae	301
	Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris	Mammalia Delphinidae	282
	gold spotted grenadier anchovy Coilia dussumieri	— Engraulidae	238
	Bactrocera zonata	Insecta Tephritidae	231
	white sardine Escualosa thoracata	— Clupeidae	199
	Ramcarat grenadier anchovy Coilia ramcarati	— Engraulidae	190
	Barramundi Lates calcarifer	— Latidae	184
	Spotted scat Scatophagus argus	— Scatophagidae	173
	Ponyfish Nuchequula blochii	— Leiognathidae	163
	Bactrocera syzygii	Insecta Tephritidae	159
	Bactrocera nigrifacia	Insecta Tephritidae	157
	Indian pellona Pellona ditchela	— Pristigasteridae	144
	Greenback mullet Planiliza subviridis	— Mugilidae	144
	Gangetic sciaenid Otolithoides pama	— Sciaenidae	141
	Pangas catfish Pangasius pangasius	— Pangasiidae	139
	Belanger's Croaker Johnius belangerii	— Sciaenidae	130
	Bombay duck Harpadon nehereus	— Synodontidae	119
	Cicindela cyanea	Insecta Carabidae	116
	Bactrocera correcta	Insecta Tephritidae	114
	blackspot longtom Strongylura strongylura	— Belonidae	92
	Spotty-face anchovy Stolephorus waitei	— Engraulidae	75
	finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides	Mammalia Phocoenidae	75
	Reynald's grenadier anchovy Coilia reynaldi	— Engraulidae	73
	Bactrocera diversa	Insecta Tephritidae	70
	spadenose shark Scoliodon laticaudus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	67
	Croaker Johnius borneensis	— Sciaenidae	60
	Bactrocera carambolae	Insecta Tephritidae	59
	Asiatic Water Snakes Xenochrophis piscator	Squamata Colubridae	59
	Blue-spotted Mudskipper Boleophthalmus boddarti	— Gobiidae	57
	Bactrocera digressa	Insecta Tephritidae	56
	soldier catfish Osteogeneiosus militaris	— Ariidae	51
	Paracalanus aculeatus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	50
	Cicindela sexpunctata	Insecta Carabidae	50
	Bactrocera propinqua	Insecta Tephritidae	48
	Sparidentex datnia	— Sparidae	47
	Large scale mullet Planiliza macrolepis	— Mugilidae	46
	spotted catfish Arius maculatus	— Ariidae	45
	Tade gray mullet Chelon planiceps	— Mugilidae	45
	Bactrocera tuberculata	Insecta Tephritidae	44
	Bactrocera caudata	Insecta Tephritidae	43
	Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus	Aves Dicruridae	42
	Variable agama Calotes versicolor	Squamata Agamidae	42
	canine catfish eel Plotosus canius	— Plotosidae	40
	Bactrocera abbreviata	Insecta Tephritidae	39
	paradise threadfin Polynemus paradiseus	— Polynemidae	38
	Bengal whipray Brevitrygon walga	Elasmobranchii Dasyatidae	38
	Rainbow Water Snake Enhydris enhydris	Squamata Homalopsidae	35
	Cylindera minuta	Insecta Carabidae	35
	Rioxoptilona dunlopi	Insecta Tephritidae	33
	Javanese ricefish Oryzias javanicus	— Adrianichthyidae	33
	Caroun Croaker Johnius carouna	— Sciaenidae	33
	Bactrocera incisa	Insecta Tephritidae	32
	ovate sole Solea ovata	— Soleidae	30